Glove-fastening.



No. 697,869. Patented'Apr. 15. I902.

W. B. MURPHY.

GLOVE FASTENING.

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(No Model.)

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GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,869, dated April15, 1902.

Application filed July 2,1901. Serial No. 66,909. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fastenings, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in glove-fastenings, andparticularly to that class of such fastenings employing a resilientsocket and a rigid stud.

It consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, andarrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section ofone form of socket embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan Viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the spring-barrel andcap forming part of the said socket. Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofanother form of socket embodying my invention. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the same. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of the same.

In constructions of this kind it is desirable that at least one memberof the fastening be resilient, and my invention is designed to secure asocket combining both resiliency and strength. As is usual in suchfastenings, the socket is placed on one flap of the glove or otherarticle and the stud upon the opposite flap, so as to permit the readyengagement and disengagement of the two members of the fastening.

In the drawings I have shown two forms of sockets which embody myinvention; but I do not wish to be confined to these or any particularform, as I claim it to be new to provide a socket with two or moreparallel slits, dividing the socket into four or more sections, two ofsaid sections being comparatively wide and stiff, while the others arecomparatively narrow and yielding.

One form of socket shown in the drawings is that patented to me November22, 1898, No. 614,817, with the addition of the parallel slits in thespring-barrel of the socket. In

this construction A represents the cap of the socket, which is struck upout of sheet metal and is provided with a downwardly-turned flangeadapted to be turned over and embrace the upper flange of the tubularpiece B, forming the stud-receiving.portion, which is made so as toflare outwardly from the bottom upward, as shown. The top of the capbeing made flat, or nearly so, the circular edge of the upper flange ofthe tubular piece 13 may be tightly held within the clasp of theturnedover flange of the cap A. The tubular piece 13 is formed withpreferably two parallel slits D D, although there may be more withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, which slits divide thesocket proper or tubular piece B into four or more sections,'thesegments of two of which are larger than the others. The cap A and thetubularpiece B being thus fastened to each other, a hole is made in thefabric D of a size sufficient to receive the downwardly'tapering tubularpiece B. The tubular piece Bis then put through such hole in the fabricuntil its further progress is arrested by the turned-over portion of theupper flange of the cap A, as shown in Fig. 1. A metallic washer O isthen placed upon the opposite side of the fabric, so that thedownwardly-tapering portion of the tubular piece B passes through thecentral aperture of the washer. The parts being thus brought togetherare then placed in a suitable press, whereby the lower flange of thetubular piece B is forced upwardly and into a substantially verticalposition, as shown in Fig. 1, and the lower part of the piece 13 isforced outward, so that the exterior diameter of the lower part of thepiece B becomes greater than the central aperture of the washer. erationis completed, the washer prevents the removal of the tubular piece B,which holds the cap A securely and firmly to the fabric, and the socketis adapted to receive, engage, and hold a rigid or spring stud, whichmay be forced therein.

Another form of socket is as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings,in which F represents the base-ring of the socket, which is adapted tobe applied to the glove or other fabric by sewing the same on, using theapert-ures f f for that purpose, and G represents the socket proper orstud-receiving portion, which is bent upwardly and inwardly from thebase-ring and is formed with two or more parallel slits, as H H,dividing the socket proper into four or more sections, the seg- Whenthis opments of two of which are larger than the others.

As heretofore set forth, I form the socket with two or more parallelslits, dividing the same into four or more sections. It will also beevident that these sections are so arranged as to form in the walls andedges of the sockets two opposite comparatively stiff gripping portionsand two intermediate narrow yielding or resilient port-ions, the stiffportions being adapted to grip a stud with sufficient strength to holdthe same in position, while the intermediate resilient portions renderit much more easy to introduce or remove the stud between the grippingportions than if such resilient portions were not employed.

While I have described a rigid stud as bein g used in connection with myspring-socket, yet it will be apparent that a spring-stud may be usedwithout in any way interfering with the operation of thefastening,although arigid stud is considered best with a spring-socket.

By my arrangement of slits I have secured a socket possessinggreatresiliency, as the slits form four or more sections, which arecapable of more movement, and yet possess greater strength and workbetter than if the socket only had a single slit or was slittedcrosswise with the single slit. Also by my arrangement it will beapparent that the stud may be readily inserted or removed from thesocket and that when once introduced therein will be held firmly inposition.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a fastener for gloves and similar articles, a circular, springsocket member constructed with two or more parallel slits or cuts,substantially as described.

2. In a fastener for gloves and similar articles, a circular socketdivided into four or more sections by means of parallel slits or cuts,substantially as described.

3. In a fastener for gloves and similar articles, a socket memberdivided into four or more sections by means of parallel slits or cuts,two of said sections being larger segnients of circles than the others,substantially as described.

4. In a fastener for gloves and similar articles, a circular socketmember constructed with two or more parallel slits or cuts, and meansfor securing the socket member to the glove or other article,substantially as described.

5. In a fastener for gloves and similar articles, the combination with astud, of a socket constructed with two or more parallel slits or cutsadapted to receive said stud, substantially as described.

6. A socket for a glove-fastener having a stud-receiving opening, anannular part or projection surrounding said opening, divided into fouror more sections by means of parallel slots or cuts, two of saidsections being comparatively wide and stiff and the others comparativelynarrow and yielding, substantially as described.

7. A socket for a glove-fastener formed with a stud-receiving portion,the edges of which are turned and folded back upon themselves, parallelslots being arranged in said edges and in the walls of the socketscomparatively 'close together so as to form wide comparatively stiffportions and intermediate yielding or resilient portions, theintermediate yielding portions facilitating the inserting of a stud intothe socket, while the stiif portionsenable the socket to grip the studsufficiently to retain the same, substantially as described.

8. A socket for a glove-fastener comprising a stud-receiving portionhaving approximately cylindrical walls, the outer edges of said wallsbeing made yielding by slots arranged parallel with each other andcomparatively close together, whereby two sections of the walls will bewide and comparatively stilt while the other two sections will be quitenarrow and yielding or resilient and means for holding the socket-wallsin position on the glove or other article, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. MURPHY.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. KELLY, WILLIAM G. MURPHY.

